Egypt protester shot in defiant face-off with tanks

Video footage has emerged showing the moment an Egyptian protester was shot
after standing defiantly in front of government tanks.

The video was uploaded to YouTube by an account named Abdullah Shousha on Friday, with the caption, written in Arabic, stating: “The army shoots on peaceful protesters in Ismailia.”

A YouTube user, writing under the name ahmedkhtr in the comments section in the video, stated: “He is my friend. His name is Ahmed Hachim one of the best guys ever he is a communication engineer, had a family son&daughter.”

It was not clear whether the shot man was killed in the incident. The video was verified by Storyful, a social media news agency.

Reuters reported on Friday that four people were killed in Ismailia, a city in northeast Egypt, as government troops clashed with Islamist supporters of President Mohammed Morsi across the country.

It was not possible to say whether the video was linked to any of the reported deaths.

One YouTube user wrote: “Like Tiananmen square, but this time, they shot him.”

Storyful said in an email to the Telegraph: “This video was uploaded to an account named Abdullah Shousha (عبدالله شوشة) on August 16. The account has provided dozens of videos from Ismailia, most relating to Muslim Brotherhood activities in the city. The YouTube account links to the website of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Ismailia branch.

“Shousha is the sole administrator of the Facebook page of the Ismailia branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. As such, we consider him to be an activist with the Muslim Brotherhood and are advising that this content can be considered free to use with courtesy in that context.”

In other developments on Saturday, Egyptian security forces surrounded a Cairo mosque full of Morsi supporters as protesters planned fresh marches. Gunshots were heard at the mosque on Saturday afternoon.

At one entrance to the mosque, security forces stood between the besieged protesters and angry residents, who tried several times to force their way into the mosque.

The Brotherhood stated on Saturday that one of the sons of Brotherhood General Guide Mohammed Badie was killed on Friday in Cairo.

Ammar Badie, 38, died of a bullet wound sustained while taking part in protests in Ramses Square, the Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party said on its Facebook page.